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US 9,167,809 B2Granted
Cornea storage container to maximize cornea health
AssigneeNumedis Incorporated
InventorsDebra Skelnik, Roger Wilson, John R. Wilson
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Abstract
An apparatus for shipping, storing, and viewing a cornea comprising a container having a viewing window in a container base, an inner sidewall, and a corneal basket arranged within said container base. The corneal basket is in contact with said inner sidewall and adapted to support a corneoscleral disc by including more than one corneal support rod and more than one disc support surface and a lid that sealingly engages with the container.
Claims12
A viewing chamber for storing and viewing corneal tissue comprising:
- a container having a container viewing window in a container base and a corneal basket arranged within said container base, said corneal basket in contact with an inner sidewall of the container and adapted to support a corneoscleral disc by including more than one corneal support rod each having a disc support surface;
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- a lid that sealingly engages with said container, said lid including a lid viewing window and said disc support surface is within 0.26 inches from said lid viewing window, and
- each said disc support surfaces is capable of contacting the sclera of a corneoscleral disc without making contact with the cornea of the corneoscleral disc.
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